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Police, April 16

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A vehicle reported stolen in Hazleton Monday morning was later found several blocks away, Hazleton police said.

Police said the 1990 Chevrolet Corsica, with Pennsylvania registration EBC 2854 was reported stolen from the area of 14th and Alter streets, between 1:30 and 5 a.m. Monday and recovered in the area of 11th Street and Lee Court at about 1 p.m. Monday. Anyone with information is asked to contact police by dialing 911.

Police seek owner of air compressor

A wheeled, electric air compressor was found on Lee Court, between West Green and West Spring streets Saturday, Hazleton police said.

Police said the owner must contact police with proof of ownership to claim the property.

Man to be cited after I-81 crash

State police at Frackville said a Hazleton man faces a citation after a New York man crashed his vehicle on Interstate 81 in Mahanoy Township on Sunday just before 2 p.m.

Troopers said Michael D. Bartenope, 41, was driving south on I-81 in the right lane and attempted to move into the left, where Arthur W. Jones III, 26, Endicott, was driving. Though Bartenope did not hit Jones's vehicle, the movement caused Jones to take evasive action and that caused him to lose control of his vehicle. Jones's vehicle spun and traveled into a grass median and went into a ditch where it was towed from while Bartenope's vehicle was stopped on the right shoulder of I-81 south, police said.

Troopers said Bartenope will face a traffic citation. Bartenope and his passenger, 45-year-old Myla Bellard, of Hazleton and Jones were not injured.

Juvenile taken into custody on violation

Hazleton police said they were dispatched to 745 N. Vine St., for a reported of a wanted person in the area Monday at about 12:45 a.m. When officers arrived they found a juvenile girl who was wanted for a probation violation trying to leave the area. The girl was taken into custody without incident and later picked up by juvenile probation officers.

City police probe hit-and-run

The unidentified owner of a vehicle told Hazleton police another car hit his Monday at about 3:12 a.m. at West Diamond Avenue and North Church Street damaging his front hood and bumper.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hazleton police by dialing 911.

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